HATS AND HATPINS

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9303, 1 August 1908, Page 3

HATS AND HATPINS

When a woman is master of the art of putting on a hat (remarks a fashion authority^, she has gone a long way towards solving the question ot good dressing. Just now vie hat must be put on at the right angle and kept there, and if there is any disposition in the hat to wriggle to the side a pin must be thrust through from the centre of the back to the front, and another at the side. Where the hat tilts up at tho side there should always be a bow or flower on the opposite side to balance it, and it is much smarter thus than put on straight. When there is an overpowering mass of feathers on the top of the hat you may bo sure that it should be put on the head straight, and it is quite possible for the wearer to convert a_ good hat into a dowdy one by putting it on badly. You may make yourself look years older by injudicious treatment. The headgear can easily make . or max a whole toilet. It is quite easy to spoil the appearance of the hat with too many pints, especially now that the enormous round tops to hatpins are the fashion, and those who find it necessary to use a great many pins should content themselves with one or two ornamental ones and several simple ones which will be bidden by the trimming. When you buy a hat or a toque, before you leave the showroom, ascertain' exactly how it should be worn. Sometimes the lining seam indicates the front. So many of the hats this year are worn quite off the head. Picturesque bats do not suit everybody, and it is well to know whether they suii yon before you buy them.

SOCiajuISM AND DRESS. ) Under Socialism we are all to wear aniforms. At least, that is the view of Mrs Carol Kelsev, as stated at a recent meeting of the Jtiealthy and Artistic Dress Union in London. Deotors would wear overalls of linen or some washable material when visiting their patients. The judge would be allowed to retain ids ermine and scarlet, but there would be no black cap. Butohers, bakers, cooks, etc., would all have washable clothing,, and in food factories there ,would be compulsory hygienio uniforms. The clothes of both men and women would be very ' beautiful, explained Mrs Kekey. There would be a citizen army, composed of both men and women, and they would have two uniforms, one of green-— the colour of the English background — for active service, and the other, more ornate and richly coloured, for gala times. The dress of the girls, said Mrs Kel-

sey, would approach that of the boys in the early stages, and wouiu probably consist of knitted jensevs and knickerbockers, xuero would be dress experts in the schools who had made a study oi anatomy and physiology, and who would inspect the dress of every child. These inspeetresses would insist on freedom for every part of tho body.

Children would wear no gaiters, and there would be no tight skirts or knickerbockers. Possibly there would be no headgear for children. "With such a dress the necessity of a special gymnastic costume would be aoolished.